Tom Doak and Jack Nicklaus’s Sebonack G.C. in Southampton, NY will host the 2013 U.S. Women’s Open. Click here for the Cybergolf.com story. From the article: “It will be the first U.S. Women’s Open held on Long Island and the first time the championship will be conducted in New York State since 1973. Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck hosted...
A little guy’s enormous heart and easy-going nature helped him fill some of the biggest shoes in golf history yesterday as Ohio native Mike Kelley won twice in match play to capture the 98th Walter J. Travis Invitational tournament. After defeating Kevin Hammer 2-up in the semi-finals in the morning round, Kelley overcame a two hole deficit early, then rallied...
The first part of this article is here. I noticed an evolution of Jim’s bunkering at Blackstone Country Club in Peoria, Arizona, but did not consider it a permanent departure until he repeated the design at Creek Club. In Jim’s earlier work – Fossil Trace and Redlands Mesa for example – Jim’s muscle bunkers were actually sinkholes. The...
Two important Reads of the Day dominate the golf world today. First, I’ll see The Philly Inquirer’s Joe Logan at St. Andrews tomorrow (the one in Hastings-on-Hudson), so we can talk more about how mutual friends of ours are restoring Cobbs Creek. Hey Joe! Mike Cirba! We should do a “home and home” of Cobbs Creek and The Knoll Club (West)...
I’ll write longer pieces over the next few days, but Masters week was made even more memorable by two excellent days of golf not far from fabled Augusta. About ninety minutes away, Mike Young designed an excellent, affordable public course, Long Shadow G.C. in Madison, GA, just one mile off Route 20, the Interstate that connects Atlanta and Augusta. With...
Once again the tour bus will be revving, the keyboard will be clicking, and we’ll be bringing you the best travel destinations, along with pro tour and NCAA coverage all spring and summer long. The first stops will be in Georgia to coincide with the Masters and the Golf Writers Association of America events. We’ll be live from not only Augusta, but...
First, New York City finally approved RFPs for the Ferry Point project, a planned 18 hole public golf course located in the Bronx on a site not unlike Bayonne across the river in New Jersey. Don’t get your hopes up, though. Between the Parks Department wasting money on improvements at city public courses and the massive amounts of money and time wasted at...
Amazing! The USGA just keeps bring events to better and better facilities. Welcome back Philly Cricket Club. Here is the press release, straight from the U.S.G.A.: THE PHILADELPHIA CRICKET CLUB TO HOST 2010 WOMEN’S MID-AMATEUR Far Hills, N.J. – The Philadelphia Cricket Club in Flourtown Pa. near Philadelphia has been chosen as the site of the 2010 U.S...
Simply click here for all things Oakmont on the site. They should build greens like this everywhere.
After further review the play stands as called; Philly Cricket Club is every bit as great an old, classic country club as any major championship venue. For the second time, I drove from busy freeways to suddenly quiet suburban streets in the blink of an eye. One moment all the traffic of the world howled its barkings, yelpings and insanities and the next moment...
The end of the PGA TOUR season means that the remainder of the year will be spent reviewing more courses. First, the team here at AWITP will join forces with Tony Korologos of Hooked on Golf Blog and The Golf Space for a three day event at fabled Black Mesa Golf Club, which I reviewed in this piece for Golf Observer. Black Mesa is one of the three most important...
GOLDEN AGE U.S. OPEN COURSES GETTING BETTER WITH AGE Inwood Country Club, Philadelphia Cricket Club still shine like the polished gems they were many decades ago. With proper care, some things get better with age. A fine wine rounds out its edges and develops interesting complex flavors. Older cigars are smoother and more balanced, providing a mellow, civilized smoke...
Part one is below this entry. See you from Augusta next year. Friday It was fitting that Woods went off early Thursday because it set the stage for him close the proceedings on Friday with fireworks. Much like a headlining rock band rightfully having the stage for themselves to end the gig and sending everyone home singing and screaming for more – a smattering...
While the eyes of the golf world are fixed firmly on Sergio Garcia’s colorful outfits at Carnoustie, we can still go out and play golf as well as watch. That’s exactly what I did. The AWITP team has saddled up for a weekend in Maryland sandwiching the brilliantly designed Baltimore Country Club East Course (Five Farms) designed by A. W. Tillinghast...
In honor of Open Championship week, lets examine a little bit of ye olde sod here in Ye Big Apple. Mark Cannizzaro of the New York Post wrote this excellent column on one of my favorites and the best course in New York City – Bayonne Golf Club by Eric Bergstrol. I reviewed Bayonne here and discussed it in depth here when it finished second in...